Rabbi Rigoberto Emmanuel Viñas

Innovator: Rabbi Rigoberto Emmanuel Viñas ContactBased In: Miami, FLVenture: El Centro de Estudios Judios Torat Emet is dedicated to providing outreach, education and support and advocacy for Latin American Jews, with a strong emphasis on the reintegration of Anusim descendants of Jews who were forcibly converted to Catholicism during the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions.
Venture’s Primary Areas of Focus: Spirituality and Ritual, Community Building, Educational Experience, Arts and Culture
Venture’s Primary Populations Served: Emerging and Young Adults, AdultsRabbi Rigoberto Emmanuel (Manny) Viñas was born in Miami, Florida to Cuban Refugees from the Castro Revolution. His family returned to Judaism in Miami Florida, after realizing that they were of Jewish ancestry, (Anusim/Marranos) specifically from the Spanish and Portuguese Jews that were forcibly converted to Catholicism during the Inquisition. Many of the family’s customs were in fact Jewish customs and beliefs handed down from generation to generation. Viñas is an ordained Sephardic Rabbi and scribe, a Masters level Social Worker, a father and a grandfather. He is the founder and Director of El Centro de Estudios Judios Torat Emet an international organization dedicated to the return of the Anusim to Jewish life via outreach in Spanish and Portuguese, through education and return/conversion assistance and through the creation of communities all over the world in support of this mission.